If you were to read the following sentence in a news item, could you correctly recreate the rest of the story?

The Salt Manufacturers Association said the evidence did not prove that salt reduction would have any significant health benefits for the majority of people.

If you deduce from this that there is new, overwhelming evidence that limiting salt intake has dramatic health benefits for the whole population, you’d be right. It’s a great time-saver: just flip to the bottom of the story, check out the industry association reaction, prefix it with NOT, and you don’t need to read the rest of the story.